civiles

\si.vil\

/\si.vil\/ adj

The verdict

“civiles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,597
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de civil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-civiles · civiles · French

civiles · rank #6,597 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,597
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH circuits

Nearest frequency peer: circuits (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « civiles »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « civiles » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

civiles vs civils
86% similar
civiles vs civitas
71% similar
civiles vs civiques
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for civiles
PropertyValue
Headwordciviles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\si.vil\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,597
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « civiles »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).civilesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « circuits » (#6,596), « costumes » (#6,598), « croyances » (#6,599). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « civiles » est au #6,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around civiles (IPA \si.vil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,597 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de civil.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for civiles, with forms such as "cciviles", "ciivles", and "civiels". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "civils", "civitas", "civiques", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is civiles, spelled C-I-V-I-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de civil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how civiles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’ai ensuite quitté l’administration pénitentiaire pour la direction des Affaires civiles afin d’assurer le secrétariat de deux commissions de réforme, l’une sur l’adoption, l’autre sur les incapables majeurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cciviles
  • ciivles
  • civiels
  • civiless
  • civilles
  • civilse
  • civlies
  • civviles
  • cviiles
  • icviles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of civiles - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cciviles1ciivles2civiels2civiless1civilles1civilse2civlies2civviles1
Edit distance from "civiles"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "civiles"?
"civiles" is spelled C-I-V-I-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.vil\.
What does "civiles" mean?
As an adjective, "civiles" means: Féminin pluriel de civil.
What words are commonly confused with "civiles"?
"civiles" is commonly confused with "civils", "civitas", "civiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "civiles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "civiles" is \si.vil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "civiles" come from?
"civiles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "civiles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list